Outlook 2010: How To Change the Default Reminder for Appointments

Pop-up reminders are a nice feature of calendar appointments in Outlook 2010. By default, appointment reminders pop-up 15 minutes prior to the start of an appointment. For me, this normally isn’t enough time so let’s review how to change the default to a more reasonable time.

Open Outlook 2010 and Click File >> Options

Click the Calendar Tab and under Calendar options, adjust the default reminders from 15 minutes to your desired time.

I hate being late for appoints which is why I personally set 1 hour as my default on all Outlook installs.

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Cathy Palmer

Thank you so much for posting this. I actually wanted to turn OFF all automatic reminders, and using your steps, I got to the spot where I could figure out how to do that.
thanks again